Help Us Fight Forced Unionism!
We at the National Right to Work Committee are fighting at many levels to protect America's working men and women's right to decide for themselves whether or not a union deserves their financial support.
Whether it be in the state and federal legislatures, the courts, or hearing rooms at the FEC or the NLRB, we fight to ensure that workers join unions because they want to – not out of fear or federal mandate.
Please become an active member by pledging a monthly gift, or by helping us financially on one of the specific legislative efforts highlighted above.
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports on organized labor’s new effort to slip in unionization for airport screeners:
Democrats figure they owe Big Labor for helping them take Congress, and now comes the payback. Tucked away in House and Senate bills that purport to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission is a provision […]
Big labor activists are pressuring Rep. Shelly Moore Capito to support the card-check bill. The Charleston Gazette reports that Capito has “not yet pledged her support to the legislation.”
West Virginia readers and any other American who cares about workers’ rights should let Capito know the importance of protecting workplace democracy and voting […]
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer, likes to speak his mind and at a recent conference on education reform in Austin, Texas, he let the teachers unions have a piece of it.
PC World reports that,
[d]uring a joint appearance with Michael Dell that was sponsored by the Texas Public Education Reform Foundation, Jobs took […]
Once again Iowa political reporter David Yepsen has issued a warning to Democrats: Mess around with Iowa’s Right to Work Law at your own peril.
Yepsen points out that the anti-Republican sentiment that was prevalent last election could quickly turn into an anti-Democrat mood should Right to Work be sacrificed by the new Democrat majority […]
Government unions have become a powerful force driving up costs for taxpayers. According to the USA Today, their power and influence has created a “pension and benefits gap” between the private sector and government jobs. In fact, the paper found that for retirees it pays to have worked for the government instead of […]
The Mount Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce joined the growing chorus of calls condemning the “[un]Fair Share” proposal that would destroy Iowa’s Right to Work Law. The resolutions passed by the Chamber “urges state legislators to vote against any legislation which would gut Iowa’s right-to-work law,” according to Golden Triangle Newspapers.
“The resolution […]
“Missouri should become a ‘right to work’ state and end rules that require some people to join unions, or pay union dues, as a condition of their jobs, some lawmakers and state business groups said Wednesday,” quotes a recent article in the Jefferson City News Tribune.
And Rep. Steve Hunter, R-Joplin, has introduced a short, […]
Big Labor is already spending millions in workers’ dues money to push a legislative agenda chock full of new privileges for union officials. Now, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Democrat Steering and Outreach Committee, is saying thank you. She has met with union bosses underscoring “the party’s determination to work […]
Big Labor - Big Hurry
Fast Tracking Card Check Bill
The inaptly but officially labeled “Employee Free Choice Act” (H.R. 800) was introduced in the 110th Congress by Rep. George Miller (CA-7) on February 5, 2007.
House Democrats, fearing growing opposition to the bill, have scheduled a vote on the measure the week of February 26. The […]
The whole Right to Work movement shed a collective tear when they heard the news that Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) had passed. Norwood was a champion of freedom and workers’ rights. He was a stalwart defender of Right to Work and was willing to take on any and all to support America’s working […]